Re: [PATCH] softdog: make pretimeout available when SOFT_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT enabled

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Tue Apr 06 2021 - 09:33:15 EST


On 4/6/21 2:44 AM, Wang Qing wrote:
> Although softdog supports pretimeout, there is no way to set pretimeout,
> so pretimeout will never be processed in softdog_ping().
>
This is wrong. The pretimeout can be set using WDIOC_SETPRETIMEOUT, as with
every other driver supporting it. There is no need for a module parameter.

Guenter

> Here add the configuration mechanism for pretimeout and the default value
> is 1 second, so when CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT is enabled, the
> pretimeout function defaults available.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/watchdog/softdog.c | 11 +++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
> index 7a10962..79e52791
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
> @@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_margin,
> "Watchdog soft_margin in seconds. (0 < soft_margin < 65536, default="
> __MODULE_STRING(TIMER_MARGIN) ")");
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT
> +#define PRE_TIMER_MARGIN 1 /* Default is 1 seconds */
> +static unsigned int soft_pretimeout = PRE_TIMER_MARGIN; /* in seconds */
> +module_param(soft_pretimeout, uint, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_pretimeout,
> + "Watchdog soft_pretimeout in seconds. (0 < soft_pretimeout < soft_margin, default=1)");
> +#endif
> +
> static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
> module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
> @@ -177,6 +185,9 @@ static struct watchdog_device softdog_dev = {
> .min_timeout = 1,
> .max_timeout = 65535,
> .timeout = TIMER_MARGIN,
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT
> + .pretimeout = PRE_TIMER_MARGIN,
> +#endif
> };
>
> static int __init softdog_init(void)
>